Convict Guide - published 2006 - Manual / Resource - Page 215
Guide to New South Wales State archives relating to convicts and convict administration
Dates
Item
Reel
5 Jul 1828–31 Dec 1830
[4/3896]
1062
3 Jan 1831–27 Jul 1832
[4/3897]
1062, 760
28 Jul 1832–4 Dec 1833
[4/3898]
1063, 761
10 Dec 1833–8 Jul 1836
[4/3899]
1063
9 Jul 1836–28 Jul 1838
[4/3900]
1064
31 Aug 1838–29 Jun 1842
[4/3901]
1064
30 Jun 1842–31 Dec 1850
[4/3902]
1065
Copies of letters sent: Local and overseas,
28 Dec 1809–28 Dec 1813
NRS 935 *ARK
Copies of letters addressed to officials,
individuals and corporate bodies in and around
Sydney, Parramatta and the Hawkesbury. There
are also a few letters to overseas countries,
mainly India. Some of the earlier letters were
written by the Governor but most are by his
Secretary.
Local letters are continued in NRS 937, overseas
letters in NRS 939.
Dates
Item
Photocopy
Reels
28 Dec 1809–
27 Apr 1811
[4/3490B-D]
COD 223B-D
6002
29 Apr 1811–
28 Dec 1813
[4/3491]
COD 239A-D
6002
Copies of letters sent to Van Diemen's Land,
Newcastle and Norfolk Island, 6 Jan 181016 Dec 1813
Quantity: 2 volumes
Other copies available as follows: of [4/3490A],
microfilm copy Reel 2288, photocopy (SRC) COD
223A; of [4/3492], microfilm copies Reels 898
and 764.
NRS 936
Microfilm copy:
Reel 6003,
[4/3490A,
4/3492] *ARK
Copies of letters written by the Governor and his
Secretary to officials and individuals usually
residing at, or intending to go to, these places.
The series is continued in NRS 937.
Copies of letters sent within the Colony,
1 Jan 1814–30 Jan 1827
Letters to Commandants and others in the outsettlements are entered here to 29 March 1826
with some exceptions. Letters to Port Macquarie
are continued in NRS 992 from 28 June 1822.
From 30 December 1823 letters to Van Diemen's
Land are in NRS 939. From then on it was usual
to open a separate book for letters to distant
settlements and letters to Melville Island are in
NRS 981 commencing 14 August 1824 though
the first letter is in this present series also.
Letters to Moreton Bay beginning 27 August
1824 are in NRS 983 and those to Norfolk Island
beginning May 1825 in NRS 988.
212
NRS 937
Microfilm copies:
Reels 6004-16,
1028-1041, 2649,
754, [4/3493520] *ARK to
1825
State Records Authority of New South Wales
